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Third Party Payphones
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By: The Jedi
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Theres been alot of discussion lately about paperclipping and redboxing on
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payphones so I decided to write up an article about that subject to be
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included in this issue of PHUN. Here are a few things that you'd might find
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interesting about payphones....
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NOTE: All the payphones discussed in this article refer to Non-New York
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Telephone PayPhones. There are plenty of third party payphones in New
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York. The easiest way to tell if the payphone is from New York Tel is to
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look right under the keypad where is says what numbers to dial for
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information. All New York Payphones will have their Logo printed
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somewhere on that label. If it isn't New York Tel, there will be a
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company name and number listed to call for refunds. Thats the company
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that owns and operates that perticular payphone.
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2 - Ripping off the handsets. Now exactly the best way to phuck over the phone
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company but still is fun if you have nothing else to do. Just take a pair
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of pliers, grip them, and turn the opposite direction of the way that the
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steel is woven. This will expose the wires. Cut the wires, and bring your
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handset home with you!!
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3 - Breaking into the jack. From what I've seen by repairing payphones, all
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the ones that I've seen have a regular phone jack somewhere in the
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fortress or nearby. This allows you do do a great many things. First lets
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talk about the jack's location.
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The fortress phones that have those big green walls to then are the
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easiest ones to get into. The location of the jack is in the "Stem". Right
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about Knee high there should be a green plate with 6 or so wierd looking
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screws holding it in place. To get that panel off requires a special
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screwdriver. Somewhat like a "Allen Wrench" with a little hole in the
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middle. You can probably pick up a screwdriver like this in most hardware
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stores.
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On the fortress phones that are silver and skinny, the jack is usually
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location in the ground underneath cement. Don't even bother with them.
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On payphones located inside stores, just follow the two wires coming out
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of the phone, it should lead to a beige box with a lock on it. Pick the
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lock or break open the box and you'll see the jack.
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Ok, now that you're into the jack, you can dial anywhere you'd like to.
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Remember, that phone jack is almost exactly like the jack you have in your
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house. Just pick up a cheap $5 phone from radio shack [A small one
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preferrably since you dont want to look obvious] and hook it in! By doing
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this, you're bypassing all the security of the phone [etc...Please Deposit
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.10 cents for the next XX mins.].
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4 - Get the Coin Box! Not that easy but one of my friends managed to bring
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home a parking meter so it IS possible!! Theres two locks you must get
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past in order to get to the coin box. First, get a piece of metal and make
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the following.....
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|__ __|<===-- about 1/4 of an inch
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\___________________/
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This key will allow you to get past the lock in the front of the
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payphone. Ok, pick the lock on the bottom left-hand side of the payphone
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[or drill a hole in it] and then put that key in the front lock and turn
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it clockwise [to the right for those of you that can't tell time! heh].
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Pull out the coin box and go and play 2000 video games!! Each coin box
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holds up to a maximum of $150-175 dollars.
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5 - Reprogramming the payphone. The most fun thing and also most dangerous!
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First off, these aren't the stupid NY Telephones, they will call back the
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company automatically if you dont do this correctly! All of the phones
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that I work on have burnt-in Eproms that are for service. You can do
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things like.....
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A) Change the refunds number. This is a number to get in touch with the
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company that operates the phone and get a refund sent to you by mail. When
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you dial it, you won't have to put in a quarter for the call. Now, if you
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can change that number to whatever you'd like, you can make a free phone
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call from that phone anytime you want!
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B) See how much money is in the coin box. You don't want to waste your
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time if theres only $5 in there do you?? You can also erase that amount,
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making it a pain in the ass for the technician who now must count it out
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himself!
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C) Theres a couple of other things in there that I haven't found out about
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yet but as soon as I do, they'll be in the next issue fer sure!
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Ok, the lock for this is either in two places. Check the top of the
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payphone, if theres a lock there, thats the one that you want. It's called
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a service lock. If it isn't there, check the right-hand side of the
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payphone. If it's there, you'll need that key that you've made also. Pick
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the top lock and use the key for the one underneath it. Once you do that,
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you should get one of the following....
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1 - If the payphone has a LCD Display on it, you'll see a menu
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displaying the following...
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Service Mode:
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Now you'll have to hack out the code. It's usually four digits so
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it should take too long. I'm not about to list the ones that I have
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because I know some asshole will wind up trashing my phones!!!
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Theres a few codes that are possible and each do different
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things. For instance, one code will give you access to the coin box
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counts and test modes while another will give you access to
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programming the emergency numbers and refund numbers. Be sure NOT
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to go into the payphone test mode!! This is cause the payphone to
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display
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PHONE SELF-TEST: Please Do Not Use.
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What happens here is that the phone calls up the company that
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operates the payphone and tells whoever picks up the phone, the
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amount that is in the coin box and whatever thats being do to the
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phone! You're asking for trouble with this mode.
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2 - If there is no display, listen to the handset. A voice will prompt
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you to enter your service entry. It works exactly the same way as
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the LCD Display but just with a voice.
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3 - Either way, once the lock is turned back into the original position,
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the phone will go into self-test mode. The way to get around this
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is to open up the phone. Just pull the front end of the phone
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towards you, this will release half of the phone. Find the power
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supply board. On some models, it will have the power supply on the
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main board [The one standing upright], on others, the power supply
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will have it's own separate board located underneath the main board
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and coin mech. You'll notice which ever section that has a
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transformer on it, thats what I'm talking about. Ok, there should
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be a little orange switch there. If you pull in out, that will turn
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the phone off. Pushing it in will turn the phone back on again. If
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you pull it out and then push it in again, the phone will do a quick
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check of itself [about 3-5 seconds]. Now, put the front end of the
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phone back onto the fortress and turn the service key quickly. If
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you do this quick enough, the phone won't have a chance to go into
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service mode or self-test. It'll be like you never broke into it in
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the first place!
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6 - Once you get past the service lock. You can now get inside the payphone
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itself. Pull the front end of the payphone towards you, then lift. Inside
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you'll see various electronic boards, a coin mech, etc... On some models,
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you'll also have a modular cable coming in from the jack, hook up your
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portable phone to it and dial up! Trash the boards, take some home. Thats
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where the real damage comes in! The average payphone costs about $1,200 to
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1,500 bucks and most of that is because of whats inside, not the fortress
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itself.
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7 - On most payphones that are in stores, they'll be a couple of wires coming
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out of it. If the phone was hooked up sloppy, they'll be exposed. One wire
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is for power, the other goes to the jack. Cut them or pull out the jack.
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Everyone that puts money into it afterwards will lose it!
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8 - On the Intellical and Echotel payphones, theres a special feature that
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will allow the owner of the phone to log into it remotely from a computer.
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As of now, I don't have the exact information on how to break into it
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through modeming but I do know that it is definately possible! Once you
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login, you'll be able to reprogram the rate tables. A rate table is a
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eprom that contains all the information on the rates for calls such as how
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much it costs to call long distance and the amount of time per call thats
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allowed. If you're able to reprogram the rate table, you'll be able to
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make free phone calls anywhere for an unlimited amount of time. As soon as
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I figure out how to crack the program thats used to call in, I'll write
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the information in the next issue. Stay tuned!
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Well, that should be enough for all you guyz to have fun. The next issue will
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have a detailed explanation on how the payphone itself operates and whatever
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else I might find out that interesting. Until then, if you have any questions,
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you can leave me some email.
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---===>>THE JEDI<<===---
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